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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rory Baldwin, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels systems apprentice, places a marker during a bilateral rapid airfield damage recovery exercise.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rory Baldwin, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels systems apprentice, places a marker. (Airman 1st Class Cayla Hunt)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rory Baldwin, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels systems apprentice, places a marker during a bilateral rapid airfield damage recovery exercise as part of exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025 at Komatsu Air Base, Japan, July 24, 2025. The bilateral training tested U.S. and Japan Air Self-Defense Force capabilities to quickly restore flightline operations under simulated chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threat conditions.

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